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There's Something About Mary The Rewatchables
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There's Something About Mary

Who Won the Movie?

Disputed: Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, and the Farrelly brothers

In the discussion (5)
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  • Matt Dillon is selected for being the viewing’s funniest surprise
  • Ben Stiller is selected for the long comedy-star run the film launched
  • Cameron Diaz is selected because the title, poster, and cultural impact center her
  • The contemporary 1998 winner is framed as Diaz while Dillon is the retrospective winner
  • The Farrelly brothers are credited with the film’s construction and immediate promise
Ghostbusters The Rewatchables
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Ghostbusters

Most Rewatchable Scene

The fame montage

In the discussion (10)
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  • Venkman's biased ESP experiment with the two students opens the candidate list and is praised as very funny.
  • The library investigation is praised for exploiting the uneasy quiet and scale of a large library.
  • Dana's groceries, the frying eggs, and the Ghostbusters television commercial are nominated together.
  • Venkman being slimed during the hotel call leads directly into one participant's favorite: the fame montage set to the theme song.
  • Louis Tully's party is praised for Rick Moranis's improvised financial introductions and detailed comic business.
  • Possessed Dana's invitation to Venkman is admired partly because he recognizes she is not herself and refuses to exploit her.
  • The finale is praised for Ray's comic timing when he realizes he imagined the marshmallow figure and for the decision to cross the streams.
  • The jail and mayor sequence, including Venkman's confrontation with Peck, is another finalist.
  • The first hotel call is a personal favorite because the team uses its equipment for the first time and the scene functions like an origin story.
  • The group ultimately identifies the fame montage as the most rewatchable scene.
Ghostbusters The Rewatchables
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Ghostbusters

Mallory Rubin Award: Did This Movie Need a Better Sex Scene?

A more explicit encounter between possessed Dana and Louis Tully

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

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  • The selected answer pairs the possessed gatekeeper with the actual Keymaster rather than Venkman.
  • The film is understood to imply that Dana and Louis had sex, but the flex asks to see more of their physical mismatch without requiring nudity.
  • The panel then reiterates that Venkman cannot ethically sleep with Dana while she is possessed.
Ghostbusters The Rewatchables
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Ghostbusters

The most "year the movie came out" thing

The fame montage

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  • The fame montage is declared the winner for Most 1984.
  • Larry King taking radio calls while smoking and Aykroyd's video camera are runners-up.
  • The Twin Towers, Jean Kasem, and the period's fascination with Elvis sightings are offered as markers of 1984.
  • Tribeca being described as a demilitarized zone is contrasted with its later affluence.
  • The EPA serving as the villain is treated as a period detail whose politics have come back around.
Ghostbusters The Rewatchables
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Ghostbusters

What’s Aged the Best?

New York City, lasting iconography, economical storytelling, ensemble improvisation, and the movie’s cultural afterlife

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  • New York is treated as a character, and the film is praised for using the city in a way that feels impossible to relocate.
  • The logo, firehouse, Ecto-1, marshmallow man, uniforms, and proton packs remain instantly recognizable cultural symbols.
  • Everyday product placement such as Cheez-It, Coca-Cola, Perrier, and canned Budweiser still feels familiar rather than dated.
  • The lack of childhood backstory is praised because the movie establishes the characters without explanatory trauma.
  • The team's financial peril, including Ray's high-interest mortgages, gives the first half comic stakes.
  • The original SNL ensemble appearing across one another's movies is praised as a durable model later extended by the Apatow circle.
  • Murray's dialogue is described as partly written and partly generated through multiple alternatives during filming.
  • The Real Ghostbusters cartoon helped keep the property culturally active between movies.
  • Slimer is described as the filmmakers' Belushi-like party-animal tribute, and slime itself is credited with a long cultural afterlife.
  • The promotional phone number, the spread of 'busters' as a suffix, and the no-ghost logo's reuse are cited as unusually durable marketing.
  • The movie is credited with popularizing 'toast' as slang through Venkman's line.
  • The final reflection says friends making movies together may be what aged best.
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