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RoboCop The Rewatchables
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RoboCop

Who Won the Movie?

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Approx. transcript time · 01:46:45Read transcript
  • Paul Verhoeven is the immediate winner for the film’s bloody, satirical direction.
  • The closing response praises the film for hiding its message inside cheesy 80s science fiction.
  • The villains are praised as more vivid and genuinely terrible than the restrained leads.
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Brokeback Mountain The Rewatchables
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Brokeback Mountain

Most Rewatchable Scene

The quit-you confrontation and opening

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  • The opening glances and famous tent scene are nominated.
  • A first-time young viewer’s surprise at the tent scene becomes tears by the ending.
  • The fight and goodbye, Ennis’s wall punch and the later refusal of another job are highlighted.
  • Lorraine’s arrival and Jack’s reunion visit after the postcard are nominated.
  • The reunion kiss and Alma discovering it expose the relationship through an outsider’s view; the loss of control is both moving and risky.
  • The campfire tire-iron story establishes mortal stakes; the two Thanksgivings contrast father-in-law conflict with Alma revealing she knew about the fishing lie.
  • The double date and cabin invitation are a favorite, with the invitation becoming a personal running joke.
  • The quit-you confrontation is called the best scene; Ledger collapses and Gyllenhaal registers that he pushed too far.
  • The ambiguous call to Lorraine and the parents’ house with the hidden shirts are praised.
  • The opening is the other final favorite, praised as a modern dance between the men.
Brokeback Mountain The Rewatchables
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Brokeback Mountain

Recasting Couch

Paul Meskell, Adam Scott and Josh O Connor illustrate modern possibilities; Mike Feist is floated while Tom Holland lacks the required physicality.

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  • Paul Meskell, Adam Scott and Josh O Connor illustrate modern possibilities; Mike Feist is floated while Tom Holland lacks the required physicality.
  • Chalamet is considered unlikely to fit though likely to be approached; muscular Sasha Baron Cohen is a joke, Jesse Plemons may be too old, and Will Poulter is floated.
  • Sabrina Carpenter as Alma is tentatively entertained; Gosling ten years earlier could have worked.
  • Danny McBride as Ennis and Shane Gillis as Jack start as jokes but draw serious interest.
Brokeback Mountain The Rewatchables
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Brokeback Mountain

What’s Aged the Best?

The enduring score, title spoken onscreen and quiet Western-adjacent landscapes

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  • The enduring score, title spoken onscreen and quiet Western-adjacent landscapes are praised.
  • The on-set romance and Jack’s dreams are discussed; ordinary unlucky men with bleak futures feel unusual in current movies.
  • The attractive ensemble, cow-castration exchange, score and Ledger’s performance hold up.
  • Aged-best attractive ensemble praise explicitly names Michelle Williams, observed Ann Hathaway, Kate Mera, Linda Cardalini and Anna Farris.
Brokeback Mountain The Rewatchables
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Brokeback Mountain

The Great Shot Gordo Award for Most Cinematic Shot

The final shirts-and-road composition

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  • The final shirts-and-road composition is praised and compared with an observed Magnificent Obsession ending, with the comparison’s film identity unverified.
  • The Fourth of July fight framed by fireworks and the familiar intimate closeups are other choices.
Brokeback Mountain The Rewatchables
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Brokeback Mountain

The Sean Penn “I Brought My Own Pack” Award for Excellence in On-Screen Smoking

Ledger: 9.5/10

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  • De Niro in Goodfellas is the unique10 benchmark, Cole Hauser’s Goodwill Hunt entrance about9.7, and Ledger9.5 for convincing cigarette handling.
  • Gyllenhaal is around7.5 to8, including the shared postcoital smoking; Cruise, Roberts and Reeves in Hardball are unconvincing comparisons.
Brokeback Mountain The Rewatchables
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Brokeback Mountain

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

The public reunion kiss seems implausibly reckless, but years of repressed longing explain the loss of control.

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  • The public reunion kiss seems implausibly reckless, but years of repressed longing explain the loss of control.
  • Repeated14-hour drives without apparent spousal suspicion are questioned; Lorraine likely knew and the marriage was already failing.
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