Seth Ruderman

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I hope that this message finds you doing well. I check tedstrong.com regularly. I love the pics of Thanksgiving in Belgium.

My top 20 movies are (no particular order):

On the Waterfront
The Deer Hunter
Rocky
Bad News Bears
Bull Durham
Glengarry Glen Ross
Save the Tiger
The Hustler/Color of Money
Do the Right Thing
Mississippi Burning
Manchurian Candidate
Goodfellas
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Groundhog Day
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Hoosiers
Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Empire Strikes Back
The Shining

Worst Movies

1) Hudson Hawk
2) Beethoven and its progeny
3) Air Bud
4) Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
5) The Runaway Bride
6) Romeo and Juliet (Leo's Version)
7) The Astronaut's Wife
8) The General's Daughter
9) The Coneheads
10) Body of Evidence

Okay, this is all pretty strong. Haven't seen The Deer Hunter, Save the Tiger, or any Wallace and Gromit. You must be a hardcore Lemmon fan to put Save the Tiger in there though. Waterfront is really good. I have problems with Rocky; namely Stallone, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV and Rocky V. Bad News Bears RULES. I've tired of Bull Durham and Costner. I need to see Glengarry again. The Hustler/Color of Money is nice. Do the Right Thing, Mississippi Burning are fine. Hudsucker Proxy is not at all my fav Coen. Empire Strikes Back is the best of the four Star Wars films. Goodfellas, Manchurian Candidate are great. Groundhog Day is wonderful, but I'm not that big a fan of Planes Trains Autos. I'm not really a Capra fan, and I don't like the corniness of Mr Smith. Hoosiers is fine. The Shining is fine.

As far as your worst films go, this is a very strong list. Although, I need to point out that at the time I thought Hudson Hawk wasn't as bad as everyone said. The rest of them are trash, but the unrated version of Body of Evidence has some nice things about it. If you know what I mean...

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