Glad you enjoyed it. It really is a great movie. So NY Italiano! I only discovered it about 5 years ago and wondered why I hadn't seen it sooner.

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Thanks for the Moonstruck video. I love those scenes. My favorite part is from 3:20 to 3:40 when Nicolas Cage yells, "I don't care! I ain't no freakin' monument to justice! I LOST MY HAND! I LOST MY BRIDE! Jonny has his hand! Jonny has his bride! Do you want me to take my heartbreak, put it away and forget?!"

When I first saw this movie I was laughing so hard I nearly peed.

Anyway, love the video.

I loved this video. You got a late upvote.

If you get around to watching it, lemme know what'cha think. You may get a kick out of Jullianne Moore's role.

Sam Rockwell is the shit! Anyone that plays Zaphod Beeblebrox is cool in my book. Though my favorite role of his has gotta be Chuck Barris in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind -- Love that movie sooo much. Which brings to mind a genius writer (Charlie Kaufman) and an actor/director who is both over and underrated: George Clooney. I love half of his work (inevitably the underrated stuff) and the other half I could do without.

Diane Keaton, Nicholas Cage, Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, etc. etc. Don't do it for me either. Though Cage Occasionally gets it right. (Or maybe it's the writers.) Mel, Mel, Mel -- what scares me about him is that his true personality may be Martin Riggs, but with a touch of the religious zealot. Definitely not a good combination. I would be careful not to harm his dog.

Favorite actors... Oh my, where to begin. So many decades of cinema to recall! To avoid a carbon copy of your list -- all noteworthy thesbians -- I'll fill in some of the missing pieces: The Marx Brothers (I love them all equally), Hepburn's flame, Spencer Tracy, the other Hepburn, Audrey (mostly because of those eyes), Cary Grant, Humprey Bogart (Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon are films that I can watch from any point and be satisfied completely for every second the films goes by), Lauren Bacall (Ze Big Sleep; dear lordy, more top ten material), Clark Gable, Gary Oldman (You said it, but he's too good and far too underappreciated to not mention), Helena Bonham Carter (another one I CANNOT avoid mentioning -- a dark favorite of mine: Morgan le Fay, Elizabeth Frankenstein, Ophelia, Anne Boleyn -- dear GOD, she's a even a freakin' death eater. She has to be a reader.), Elliot Gould (More noir favorites), Michael Gambon (brilliant), Alan Rickman, Edward Norton, Tim Roth, Brad Pitt, lil' Dakota Fanning, Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, and Dennis Hopper -- I think that's the cast of Blue Velvet, another potential top ten movie with top ten actors lol. Maybe we should make lists of the people we DON'T like... on second thought... (Sorry, this got long.)

Yes! Mothersbaugh, of course. Wes Anderson's pocket composer and devolution advocate. Don't forget Sigur Ros, either. That's the part of the movie where yer supposed to cry. I heart those Icelanders. A Bowie fan too. David Bowie is my best friend's father.

Make up a top 5 real quick. (No pressure.)

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You're right. I have about 15 or so that are floating around in my favorites list. My top movies are not neccesarily the best ones I've seen. Like you said, they are the ones that I have an emotional connection to.

Wes Anderson is awesome but I haven't seen all of his films yet. My favorite so far is also The Life Aquatic. I love those covers. The Mark Mothersbaugh numbers are awesome, too. The scene where Steve introduces his boat and crew, accompanied by Mothersbaugh's "Let Me Tell You About My Boat" is one of my favorite scenes. I also really liked The Royal Tenenbaums.

Oh, underappreciated and overrated actors. It is relatively easy for me to rattle off some of my favorite actors. Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, and Ingrid Bergman are definitely in the top 5. Other actors I love off of the top of my head: Gary Oldman, Anjelica Huston, Gregory Peck, Katharine Hepburn, Bruce Willis (most people love him for the wrong reasons), Bill Murray, Charlie Chaplin, Helena Bonham Carter (I love how much her older stuff contrasts with her more recent roles. She's great.), John Goodman (I have always had a thing for this guy. He is a pleasure to watch.), James Stewart, Topol (I've only seen him in Fiddler but it is one of my favorite performances EVAR), Henry Fonda, Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Oliver Reed. This list was about 5 times as long before I cut it down. You're welcome.

I'm sure you're the same way that I am with actors. Sometimes I love them because they are truly great actors and sometimes I love them because they are good actors and you just enjoy watching them for whatever reason. I admit that one of the reasons that I love Newman, Brando, and Bergman is because they are all incredibly sexy. They also happen to be exceptional actors. Who are your favorites?

Severely overrated: Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton (used to be okay, now I can't stand her), Nicolas Cage (liked him in Matchstick Men...which reminds me that I love Sam Rockwell), Keira Knightly, and there is something about Mel Gibson's acting that seems...is it insincere? Affected? All I know is that something is off with him and I'm not a fan.

I'll rent The Big Lebowski one of these days.

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S'all good. I almost did that myself. lol

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I wrote a good response to this and kept falling asleep so it took me a long time. I just accidentally navigated away from the page and lost it just as I was about to submit. I'll get back to you.

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You probably already know your top movies, you just haven't declared so boldly what they are. Like I said though, most of my tops are in contention, I just happen to have an emotional connection to two films which may always reign supreme.

If there's anyone to be jealous of it's Wes Anderson and his siblings. Must be awesome to make films with your family and best friends. Loved and own every one of their movies. I think Life Aquatic is my favorite... yeah, definitely Steve Zissou. I mean, you can't go wrong: a movie starring Bill Murray, filled with brilliant sets and costumes, and a soundtrack comprised of David Bowie cover songs by Seu Jorge? Is it wrong that I'm salivating right now? I also really enjoyed Darjeeling Unlimited, despite it's lack of closure. I was hoping Murray would tie in at some point.

As far as people and their movie tastes... You didn't feel the gripping suspense of Armageddon?! Didn't it make you weep when -- I honestly, cannot remember a thing about that piece of trash, except Liv Tyler. (Typical.) I have a friend who once told me The Marine was his favorite film of all time. It was really obnoxious because he was interrupting my first viewing of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover; kept complaining that he needed an explosive hook.

Now, Big Lebowski... is one of those movies you either love or hate. I've only known people who are one or the other. Probably due to over 200 f-bombs. If you can get over that, you'll realize it's a brilliant homage to Philip Marlowe and old screwball comedy. (And the soundtrack is amazing.)

(I completely agree about Goodman. Thank god for the Cohen Brothers. At least they recognize talent and put him in most of their films.)

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I've seen North by Northwest and It Happened One Night and loved both of them, but I've never seen The Big Lebowski. I love John Goodman (underappreciated, in my opinion) and I really love Jeff Bridges, and I don't know why I haven't seen it. I watch lots and lots of movies and I think that I have above-average taste, although that is easy when the average person loves Armageddon and similar crap. You seem to have good taste. I'm sort of jealous that you have your top movies all figured out like that. I have a very vague idea of which movies are my favorites.

I love Hitchcock, too. And good old sweety-pie Frank Capra won my heart many, many years ago. Do you like Wes Anderson movies?

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The Big Lebowski. I'm a bigger Cohen Brothers fan than I am Kubrick -- though, I am an even bigger Hitchcock fan, despite Hitchcock taking fourth with North By Northwest. (My third pick being Capra's It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable.)

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What is your first favorite?

The Big Lebowski. I'm a bigger Cohen Brothers fan than I am Kubrick -- though, I am an even bigger Hitchcock fan, despite Hitchcock taking fourth with North By Northwest. (My third pick being Capra's It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable.)

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What is your first favorite?

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Thanks, Pinky. I'm going to assume your avatar is you, yes? I grew up watching the Pink Panther movies, and Dr. Strangelove is my second favorite movie of all time -- I couldn't see either of my top 2 movies ever being usurped by another. Agreed, Sellers portrayal of Jacques Clouseau is brilliant to this day. Classic bumbling man in over his head who wins the day. Sometimes painful to watch, but always funny. lol

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I love your avatar. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is one of my favorite movies and Peter Sellers is one of my favorite actors. Have you seen the Pink Panther movies? Peter Sellers as Jacques Clouseau is fantastic. Anyway, cool avatar.

Thanks for your thoughts.

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I'm not actually studying literature but English, which of course is very similar. I was not about to get involved in that discussion. For one thing, I don't know enough about Ayn Rand. For another, if I get involved I am just going to waste hours and hours reading up on the subjects at hand (that part would be worthwhile) and then writing a response that is too long, too passionate, and gets flamed or ignored, anyway. At least, that's the pattern I've seen in the past. I read a little bit of what you wrote, though, and I agree with you as far as my knowledge of objectivism and postmodernism goes.

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Am I remembering correctly that you're studying literature? If you have any thoughts, I'd be interested in hearing them.

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Stephen-Colbert-Objectivist-Children-s-Sleepover#comment-597743

Thanks, Pinky. I'm going to assume your avatar is you, yes? I grew up watching the Pink Panther movies, and Dr. Strangelove is my second favorite movie of all time -- I couldn't see either of my top 2 movies ever being usurped by another. Agreed, Sellers portrayal of Jacques Clouseau is brilliant to this day. Classic bumbling man in over his head who wins the day. Sometimes painful to watch, but always funny. lol

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I love your avatar. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is one of my favorite movies and Peter Sellers is one of my favorite actors. Have you seen the Pink Panther movies? Peter Sellers as Jacques Clouseau is fantastic. Anyway, cool avatar.

Am I remembering correctly that you're studying literature? If you have any thoughts, I'd be interested in hearing them.

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Stephen-Colbert-Objectivist-Children-s-Sleepover#comment-597743

Wow. I love your thinking: the best comment I ever read on a video.

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1. That is some good marketing right there. (This is NOT just a home video.)
2. She is HARDCORE.
3. I'm sure she had a choice.
4. There should be a femme tag because that woman is ridiculous cool.

What you really have to look at here are the underlying ideas that a person has. The strength of the convictions that George W. has made over the years lend credence to the fact that he is a very religious person. Now, I know what you mean, belief by itself is not a bad thing. BUT your beliefs have a very big impact on the way you think and ACT. Sam Harris uses this example:

take the statement: "Aliens are controlling your thoughts and are reading your mind from space." As phrases go, you were probably unaffected by this sentence because, well, you dont believe it. Now if you DID believe it you would probably be doing all sorts of crazy things (wearing an aluminum foil hat comes to mind)

Now what does George Bush believe? He DID say (if you really want proof I will take the time to dig up a video of it) that God told him to go to war. What else god is telling him to do I'm not quite sure but whatever it is I feel like at this point, George W. is a president that has forgotten his people. He is being lead around by dogmatic ideas (something i posted about in a different thread), ruining this country, and he's doing it because of the beliefs that have ruined his better judgment.

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Okay, you're right. Absolutely right. And I agree with you that religion and politics should not mix. But I still think that it was silly for Maher to mention that we could not "afford another faith-based administration," as if religion itself is what ruins administrations. Bush's mistakes should not be blamed on his faith, but on Bush himself. Don't let him hide behind his religion. And saying that we can't afford it is silly, as if we haven't been "affording" religious Presidents who bring their own values into the White House for the last 220 years.

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Clever quote from the song.

Bowie is brilliant. Did the Spiders from Mars join you on Halloween?

I was just teasing you there. Extrapolating facts our of thin air. Don't get upset over me.
I honestly didn't care about the video (which is why I haven't voted on it), but the comments are fun.

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She totally does and they are very sweet... in this picture I drew.

You're misrepresenting my cause, too. I just said that this video is NOT objectification of women. But you're right. This video is mildly amusing and not very offensive at all. I just have a personal problem with boobies tags and videos that make #3 because of cleavage.

Aaargh! I'm sorry. Why do I even try? It's not even a big deal. Carry on.