The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson
Ghosts are real and should not be underestimated.
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- The lesson says ghosts are real and warns against underestimating them.
Categories & segments
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- Big Trouble in Little China is chosen for a similar comic science-fiction mixture.
- The Blues Brothers is selected as another choice.
- Beverly Hills Cop is selected as the third choice.
Who Won the Movie?
Bill Murray as Peter Venkman
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- Bill Murray and Peter Venkman are the immediate winner answers.
- Ivan Reitman receives a strong case for controlling the action and knowing how much spectacle the comedy needed.
- The final majority returns to Murray because he carries the movie and provides a definitive example of why he is funny.
- The film's improvised, haphazard production is contrasted with the safe polish expected from modern franchise production.
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- Ivan Reitman
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- Bill Murray / Peter Venkman
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- Bill Murray / Peter Venkman
Apex Mountain
Schwarzenegger’s 1990 action/comedy run is called his apex, with agreement.
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- Arnold is explicitly called at his apex, followed by agreement.
- Total Recall and Kindergarten Cop in the same year, followed by Terminator 2, are offered as evidence of his range and prominence; his Bush White House role is also mentioned.
- His relationship with Maria Shriver is added to the discussion of this peak period.
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- Ebert’s reported three-star review praises the improbable combination of the film’s parts and Schwarzenegger.
- Three stars surprises one participant, who expected two and a half; another stresses how many different elements Schwarzenegger carries.
Most Rewatchable Scene
The first classroom day and the tumor exchange
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- The plane-to-driving vomit montage is offered; the drug-den shotgun scene with beard and sunglasses is also enjoyed and compared to Terminator’s club attack.
- The beard is thought to look fake and badly colored, though a real beard or dye is considered; its absurd appearance is still enjoyed.
- The travel sequence earns praise for the broken-pencil threat, Angela Bassett’s brief flight-attendant appearance and Schwarzenegger’s confused response to his partner’s vomiting.
- The first classroom day is remembered for the anatomy line, ocean warning, chaos, shouted orders and resort to the ferret.
- The father/job questions and tumor exchange let the children become distinct personalities; more material like the overalls/bathroom gag is desired.
- Reducing Crisp’s screen time to add a children’s play or rehearsal is proposed; Schwarzenegger’s repeated “come on” delivery is enjoyed.
- The milk-and-nap scene and nightmare doze-off are liked for their tenderness and comic effect.
- The scene where he nearly attacks his partner’s fiance leads to criticism of the unexplained post-sex pasta and overused eating jokes.
- The child-abuser confrontation and approving principal are celebrated as forceful entertainment while recognized as unlikely to survive modern studio notes.
- The principal’s praise of him as a teacher is described as unexpectedly moving.
- The climax is enjoyed despite mocking Crisp’s plan to start a library fire, grab a child amid the chaos and go upstairs without an escape.
- Final choices favor the tumor exchange and opening classroom speech/first day.
- The unnamed ferret is questioned because children would immediately give it a name.
Apex Mountain
Ferrets receive an emphatic early Apex suggestion, with The Big Lebowski raised as a comparison.
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- The ferret prompts an Apex Mountain question answered strongly yes; their brief pet popularity is recalled unfavorably.
- The Big Lebowski’s marmot is raised as a competing animal reference; a separate celebrity rodent reference remains confused rather than established.
The most "year the movie came out" thing
Teachers punching a parent, with the principal approving, is called an especially1990 stretch.
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- The confrontation with the child abuser and principal’s approval are identified as the most1990 stretch.
- The speakers imagine contemporary studio objections to the child-abuse plot and visible bruises.
Half-Assed Internet Research
Schwarzenegger is reported to have pushed for child-abuse and divorce themes.
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- Research is cited for Schwarzenegger wanting the film to address real child-abuse issues.
- His interest in divorce themes is contrasted approvingly with stereotypical action-star concerns about appearance and trailers.
The most "year the movie came out" thing
Crisp smoking past Brookstone at the mall overtakes milk as the most1990 choice.
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- Whole-milk cartons and milk advertising initially look like the winning1990 detail.
- Crisp’s silk clothing, ponytail and cigarette in a mall beside Brookstone are nominated, with memories of trying gadgets and massage chairs.
- The mall choice is accepted over milk, the ferret and period cars; the red car is identified as a Geo Tracker.
Gandolfini Butter on My Ass So It Pops in My Mouth Award
Ordinary Schwarzenegger line deliveries and the explicit Austrian explanation for his accent are enjoyed.
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- Everyday lines, rather than just famous punchlines, are singled out as endlessly enjoyable in his delivery.
- The basketball-coach cover story prompts jokes about what system Kimball might run and whether Schwarzenegger ever held a basketball.
- Explaining that Kimball grew up in Austria is appreciated; Jingle All the Way is contrasted as leaving the accent and physique unexplained.
What’s Aged the Best?
Astoria, the poster and ponytailed villains stand out; the cameo, beard and child-abuse discussion also receive attention.
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- Astoria is praised as an idyllic-looking place to raise children and compared with the appeal of Notre Dame in Rudy and its appearance in The Goonies.
- Jason Reitman’s kissing-child cameo and Schwarzenegger’s beard are listed.
- The abuse plot triggers a sarcastic contrast with present-day intolerance and memories of issue-driven sitcom episodes teaching children about danger.
- The strong poster and surname-only star billing are praised; Project Hail Mary’s Gosling billing and uncluttered Sports Illustrated covers are comparisons.
- Ponytailed villains are celebrated: Crisp, Ben Kingsley in Sneakers, Julian Sands in Warlock, Sam Jackson in Jackie Brown and Terry Silver in Karate Kid3/Cobra Kai.
- A ponytail’s ability to change someone’s perceived personality leads to a roommate anecdote.
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