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04-01-03, 05:48 PM

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Rank the following 5 films

Today in one of my classes we had to vote on which film we are going to watch as a part of our screenwriting section. We were given 5 choices and were told to rank them. I was surprised with what some people put as their top choice. Just curious what everyone here would have voted for.

The five were:
1. American Beauty
2. In the Line of Fire
3. Fatal Attraction
4. Thelma and Louise
5. Witness

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04-01-03, 05:53 PM

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In the Line of Fire
American Beauty
Thelma and Louise
Witness
Fatal Attraction

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Those are s**t choices. If I had a choice of a script to analyze (and I'll keep it in the neo-noir genre) I would choose Robert Towne's Chinatown, Leigh Brackett's The Long Goodbye, or maybe Walker's Seven.

My rank of these stinkers:
1. Witness
2. In the Line of Fire
3. Fatal Attraction (would only be worth doing if you consider the altered ending)
4. American Beauty
5. Thelma and Louise (a total incoherent mess! What's the point of analyzing this? To see what went wrong?)

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04-01-03, 05:59 PM

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1. American Beauty
2. Fatal Attraction
3. Thelma and Louise
4. Witness
5. In the Line of Fire

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04-01-03, 06:00 PM

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Re: Rank the following 5 films

1. Witness
2. In the Line of Fire
3. American Beauty
4. Thelma and Louise
5. Fatal Attraction

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04-01-03, 06:12 PM

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1. American Beauty
2. In the Line of Fire
3. Witness
4. Fatal Attraction
5. Thelma and Louise

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04-01-03, 06:25 PM

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1 Witness
2 Fatal Attraction
3 American Beauty
4 In the Line of Fire
5 Thelma and Louise

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04-01-03, 06:50 PM

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1. American Beauty
2. In the Line of Fire
3. Thelma and Louise.

Haven't seen the other two.

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04-01-03, 06:53 PM

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American Beauty
In the Line of Fire
Thelma and Louise
Witness
Fatal Attraction

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04-01-03, 08:03 PM

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In the Line of Fire
Witness
American Beauty
Thelma and Louise
Fatal Attraction

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04-01-03, 08:13 PM

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1 Witness
2 Fatal Attraction
3 American Beauty
4 In the Line of Fire
5 Thelma and Louise

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04-01-03, 08:38 PM

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1. American Beauty
2. In The Line Of Fire
3. Witness
4. Fatal Attraction
5. Thelma And Louise

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04-01-03, 08:46 PM

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Re: Rank the following 5 films

1. American Beauty

I love watching this with an audience, this should be the pick.

2. Fatal Attraction

3. In the Line of Fire

4. Witness

5.Thelma and Louise

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04-01-03, 10:27 PM

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1. Witness
2. Thelma and Louise
3. Fatal Attraction
4. In the Line of Fire
5. American Beauty

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Re: Rank the following 5 films

Witness
In the Line of Fire
American Beauty
Thelma and Louise
Fatal Attraction

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Witness
Fatal Attraction
American Beauty
Thelma and Louise
In the Line of Fire

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Witness
Thelma and Louise
American Beauty
Fatal Attraction
In the Line of Fire

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1. American Beauty
2. Fatal Attraction
3. Thelma and Louise
4. Witness
5. In the Line of Fire

Yeah, that works for me.

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1. American Beauty
2. Fatal Attraction
3. Witness
4. In the Line of Fire
5.Thelma and Louise

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Based only on the scripts:

1. American Beauty
2. Witness
3. In the Line of Fire
4. Fatal Attraction
5. Thelma vs. Louise

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1. American Beauty
2. In the Line of Fire
3. Fatal Attraction
4. Witness
5. Thelma and Louise

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1. In the Line of Fire
2. Witness
3. Fatal Attraction
4. Thelma & Louise
5. American Beauty

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04-02-03, 06:36 AM

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Re: Re: Rank the following 5 films

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Originally posted by dave955
Witness
In the Line of Fire
American Beauty
Thelma and Louise
Fatal Attraction

That one works for me.

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In the Line of Fire
Witness
Thelma & Louise
Fatal Attraction
American Beauty (always thought this movie was overrated)

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1. American Beauty
2. Witness
3. In The Line Of Fire
4. Thelma and Louise
5. Fatal Attraction

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