Is This Movie Better With…?
Longlegs
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- The better-with category produces a Longlegs imitation reacting to the encounter recording.
Categories & segments
Just One Oscar
Demi Moore (two choices); Michael Douglas (one)
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- Two Oscar choices go to Demi Moore.
- The other Oscar choice is Michael Douglas, praised for steadfast self-belief even when caught in compromising behavior.
- Tom's realization that he mistreated his assistant and subsequent apology are praised, along with the assistant's performance.
Probably Unanswerable Questions
CD-ROM manufacturing; technology wealth; Meredith’s comeback
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- Unanswerable questions ask whether Malaysian CD-ROM manufacturing improved and whether the older executive's son became a technology billionaire or benefited from Apple stock.
- Meredith is imagined recovering quickly, becoming a vice-presidential nominee or billionaire, or buying the company; a sequel centered on her is compared with Sex and the City.
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- The Net is selected for its vision of the early internet.
- Enemy of the State is selected for technology paranoia and powerful institutions threatening an ordinary man.
- The Game replaces an initial Basic Instinct double-feature choice, with Basic Instinct dismissed as too obvious.
The Andy and Red – Zihuatanejo Award for What Happens the Next Day?
Meredith rebounds; Tom’s marriage and career disputed
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- Next-day scenarios include Meredith becoming a New Mexico senator, Tom divorcing or leaving technology work under his wife's ultimatum, moving to Ohio, a Napa wine binge, and a retaliatory trip for his wife. The marriage outcome is disputed.
What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie?
Sonics item; basketball; wine; torn underwear
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- The Sonics item in Tom’s office is a memorabilia choice.
- Tom’s noiseless basketball is another choice.
- An unopened Pahlmeyer bottle is another choice.
- Meredith’s torn underwear is another choice, followed by a remembered Larry Sanders Show joke about similar movie memorabilia.
The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson
Don’t predict the internet; aging; avoid boss’s shoulder rub and wine
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- Do not assume what the internet will become.
- Dennis Miller’s joke about aging and erections becomes a comic life lesson.
- Do not give the boss a shoulder rub or accept the after-hours wine invitation.
Who Won the Movie?
Demi Moore (two choices); Barry Levinson (one)
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- The first winner choice is Demi Moore.
- Barry Levinson is selected for tackling several difficult social themes in an entertaining film, despite disagreement with some conclusions.
- The final winner choice returns to Demi Moore.
Podcast choices
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- Demi Moore
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- Barry Levinson
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- Demi Moore
Producer review
10/10 entertainment; many plot notes; great offices
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- Gives ten out of ten for entertainment with many notes, calling the film a cultural case study worthy of sociology discussion. — Craig Horlbeck
- Notes Sam Levinson's age when his father made the film, prompting speculation that seeing it as a child influenced him; the viewing and influence are conjectural. — Craig Horlbeck
- Enjoyed with Liz it but paused repeatedly over the plot. The recording and incriminating files arrive through convenient phone calls after substantial buildup, found dramatically weak. — Craig Horlbeck
- Praises the office aesthetic, including bulky computers and clutter, as especially appealing amid 1990s nostalgia. — Craig Horlbeck
Casting What-Ifs
Gene Hackman; Paul Newman; Tom Selleck; John Travolta
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- The script was allegedly imagined for older New York cops with Hackman and Newman in mind, though it was never brought to them.
- Tom Selleck and John Travolta were reportedly considered; Selleck had Magnum and Travolta’s agent advised against it.
- Peter Hyams reportedly liked Darlane Flugel in To Live and Die in L.A.
- Hyams’s earlier Busting and later 2010, Capricorn One, and Sudden Death establish his action craftsmanship.
- Gregory Hines is described as having replaced Richard Pryor in History of the World Part I and as having dropped out of 48 hours for The Cotton Club.
The Den of Thieves Benihana Award for Scene-Stealing Location
Key West; State of Illinois Building
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- Key West is named during the rapid sweep of categories for the sequence.
- The sunset, scooters, boat, roller skating, women, and potential bar make the location feel like a complete second movie.
- The scene’s power makes the return to Chicago feel like leaving the life the characters should choose.
- The State of Illinois Building is offered as the location-category alternative before the exchange agrees with Key West.
Most Rewatchable Scene
Opening basketball and Snake chase; lineup; Key West; apartment shootout; stairway and airport chases; train tracks and lifted cab; double-elevator ending
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- The opening combines outdoor basketball, punches, and a chase before establishing the partners’ comic rhythm.
- Snake’s pursuit is praised for the detectives announcing his cash to the neighborhood instead of simply arresting him.
- Snake’s police lineup is nominated, then his violent death is described as the moment the film’s R rating becomes apparent.
- The Key West section sweeps several categories and compresses an aspirational new life into a few minutes.
- The apartment-building shootout supplies several escalating mock-Miranda lines.
- The stairway, airport, train-track, lifted-cab, and double-elevator chases keep the second half moving through set pieces.
- The double-elevator ending receives immediate praise, followed by the statement that the scene round needs no further negotiation; the undiarized transition does not identify Key West alone as the winner.
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