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Matt's Favorites
Favorite Actor - Kevin Spacey - Kevin Spacey starring as Lester Bernam in American Beauty might be my favorite movie character of all time. No one could have played that role better. And his Oscar winning performance as Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects is awesome.
Favorite Actress - Julia Roberts - Julia doesn't have much competition in this category.
Favorite Director - Martin Scorsese - No one on the planet makes better films than him. With films such as Goodfellas, Casino, and Gangs of New York to his name, this is the greatest American Director.
Favorite Movie - Million Dollar Baby - Clint Eastwood directs this absolute masterpiece. A storyline that seems overdone on the outside is turned into an absolute gem of a film. Hilary Swank will/has win/won the oscar for her roll as aspiring professional boxer Maggie Fitzgerald. Morgan Freeman has to be the frontrunner for best supporting actor as Scrap Dupris, and even Eastwood himself has a chance to take home an oscar for best actor. Everything from the lighting to the music to the pace of the movie is amazing. The feeling I get after watching this movie is unmatched by any other. I teared up, but felt strangely happy at the triumphs of the main characters. This movie will leave most who watch it in awe at the end. It's the kind of movie that one finds it hard to leave their seat when it's over. Any movie would have to be amazing to knock American Beauty off of my #1 pedastal.
Favorite Actor in a Comedy - Chris Farley (don't snort cocaine) - Chris Farley may go down as one of the greatest comedy actors in history, even if he snorted his life away way too young. In my opinion Chris Farley rivals the three stooges as the greatest satirical comics ever.
Movie I've watched the most - Rounders - I, along with many other fanatics, can quote line after line from this movie. If you are a poker player at all you have watched this movie over ten times. There have been times where I have watched Rounders every day for a week straight.
Comedy I've watched the most - American Pie - There was a time in high school when my room in the basement was flooded, so I had to room with my brother. We would watch American Pie or Rounders every night. It never got old.
Favorite Movie Characters - Lester Bernam (Kevin Spacey in American Beauty), Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump), Tony Montana (Al Pacino in Scarface), Bill (David Carradine in Kill Bill), Beatrix Kiddo (Uma Thurman in Kill Bill), Jules (Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction), Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects), Nikki Santoro (Joe Pesci in Casino), Tommy (Joe Pesci in Goodfellas), Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando in The Godfather and Robert De Niro in The Godfather part II), Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas in American Pie), Tommy Callahan (Chris Farley in Tommy Boy), Teddy KGB (John Malkovich in Rounders), Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr. in Jerry Maguire), John Quincy Adams (Anthony Hopkins in Amistad), Qui Gon Gin (Liam Neeson in Star Wars Episode I), David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert in 24), Gandalf (Ian McKellan in LOTR), Aragorn (Viggo Mortenson in LOTR), Sean (Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting), Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson in Schindler's List) Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby), Scrap Dupris (Morgan Freeman in Million Dollar Baby), Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood in Million Dollar Baby), Andy Duframe (Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption) Red (Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption).
Hottest Actress in a Movie - Jennifer Connelly in House of Sand and Fog - This movie is worth watching just to look at Jennifer Connelly.
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