Apex Mountain
Ribisi; filmed combat; Kaminski; Pepper; taking gum from another person’s mouth
In the discussion (13)
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- Ribisi is called an Apex Mountain candidate during the introductory awards discussion.
- Spielberg is rejected as an Apex.
- Hanks is rejected, with the period after Forrest Gump preferred.
- Damon is rejected as an Apex.
- Burns is disputed: She’s the One is preferred as his moment of opportunity, while Ryan is defended as a larger role in a major film; the absence of subsequent momentum is held against Ryan.
- The broader World War II movie Apex question remains debated, with Stalag 17, From Here to Eternity, Where Eagles Dare, The Guns of Navarone, The Great Escape, Von Ryan’s Express, and Castle Keep among the alternatives.
- Filmed combat receives an explicit affirmative Apex assessment and agreement.
- Kaminski receives an affirmative Apex assessment.
- Sizemore is rejected as an Apex.
- The transition from young to old Ryan is proposed for morphing, but its dissolve is distinguished from Terminator 2’s effects and Mystique in Days of Future Past is preferred by another speaker.
- Pepper receives a yes, with 25th Hour offered as another personal preference.
- Picking up one’s own arm and the expression FUBAR are raised without a settled affirmative selection; the claim that this film invented FUBAR is explicitly rejected.
- Taking gum out of another person’s mouth is offered as an Apex, followed by disgust and discussion of the different rules for spouses or children.