The BIG Picture 1996 Movie Draft: Sean: 1. Jerry McGuire in Drama 6. Independence Day in Blockbuster 7. The Rock in Action/Horror/Thriller 12. That Thing You Do in Oscar Nom 13. Happy Gilmore in Comedy 18. Swingers in Wildcard Amanda: 3. Scream in Action/Horror/Thriller 4. Mission Impossible in Blockbuster 9. The English Patient in Oscar Nom 10. Romeo and Juliet in Drama 15. The First Wives Club in Comedy 16. Bottle Rocket in Wildcard Chris: 2. Fargo in Oscar Nom 5. Trainspotting in Drama 8. Twister in Blockbuster 11. Primal Fear in Action/Horror/Thriller 14. Tin Cup in Comedy 17. Lonestar in Wildcard
Baz Luhrmann's Romeo & Juliet was what got me into soundtracks. Kissing You - Des'ree Little Star - Stina Nordenstam Everybody's free to feel good/wear sunscreen - Quinton Tarver What a time !!
Phenomenal picks from all 3 here. Dobbins got Scream which automatically catapults her to the winning spot but overall I think CR takes this one for me. Also I would put my paycheck on either Sean or CR drafting From Dusk till Dawn 😅
The idea that any of you in this comment section are listening to this podcast purely for the movie drafting and not for the elite vibes is crazy to me.
It took me forever to realise that the First Wive's Club wasn't about like, the first ladies of the US lmao. Like I, an australian, fully just thought it was a movie about the wives of former american presidents.
I went into From Dusk Till Dawn with my then girlfriend knowing next to nothing about it (those were the days) but I had loved Pulp Fiction (duh). She hated it so much she said "I'll never go to the movies with you ever again!" That statement was correct.
In The Rock, it was indeed shown as Candlestick Park, but it was supposed to be a Raiders game in Oakland. It's weird, but since it's a movie, I don't mind it. Great effing movie. Also Sean Connery and Michael Bay both basically agreed that John Mason is James Bond.
Romeo & Juliet was the Shakespeare Play for the English exams in Scotland that year and the movie came out a week or so before the exam. Best 2 hours of exam revision i have ever done. Never been in a thertre before where the entire audience were all the same age, dont think there was a single person there not taking the exam the next week.
I just watched From Dusk til Dawn on cable last night thinking...man, I love this movie!! It's so bad/awesome. And we had to watch City Hall in my ethics class in college.
We really need chapters. I know some listeners like the random conversation, others would appreciate conveniently skipping ahead to what they are looking for.
This why I love you all: I had to watch First Wives Club with my mom in that time, also watched Dennis Miller until he freaked out politically after 9/11 and NO ONE talks about Abel Ferrara's the Funeral these days, basically what David Chase wishes Many Saints of Newark was, The Funeral is pretty much time period Sopranos 3 years before The Sopranos and even has a bunch of Sopranos actors in it. I own a DVD of it but some generous human just uploaded it on TH-cam last year and it's still up, highly recommended to anyone reading this who hasn't seen it.
yall gotta change it up with these great movie years. theres no conflict, everyone ends up with most of the movies they wanted. gotta make it harder somehow
When Amanda mentioned the Seinfeld episode. Elaine was the only person, who didn't like The English Patient. Then her boss, Mr. Peterman made her go to the movies to see it. And she was yelling at the screen, "stop telling your stupid story in the desert and just die!" LOL! I really didn't care for that movie. I agree with Sean! Jerry MaGuire and Fargo are better movies. Chris should see The First Wives Club. Even if it's just once.
I haven’t watched yet. One of them better draft The Birdcage and Stealing Beauty. Directed by two masters, Mike Nichols and Bernardo Bertolucci! They always end up picking blockbusters first, I’m Twister, Independence Day, Jerry Maguire, and M Impossible 1 will be the first four picks. Maybe Sean will pick Fargo in the first round, maybe Amanda will do The English Patient. The Birdcage is a much cleverer, more interesting comedy than anything else this year. And Stealing Beauty is a lovely coming of age story, with that precarious feeling of messing up as you first fall in love and consummate it
@Flike245 "Vile" is a bit much, some of the earlier films pre-2000 are very tolerable. "Happy Gilmore" is a great "rainy day" movie along with "Billy Madison."
Amanda never watched From Dusk Till Dawn, that's crazy to me, and CR describing Salma Hayek's dance "A long striptease with cobra or something..." Really CR, freaking cobra? Yikes!
@votdfak One of the reasons why I don't think Amanda should be on here. She hasn't seen quite a few big films that you'd assume she should have seen if she gonna be on here acting like an authority on film. I don't "hate women", I just think you should be as qualified as possible and she's not and she mostly just talks about her own personal bullshit.
@votdfak When the guys bring up "Lone Star" she acts like, 'Oh my God you guys' as if that's such a ridiculous thing. Then she's clearly looking up "Lone Star 1996" on Google or something, then says "great movie." I do not believe she's seen the movie.
@@RachelDavis705 everything... action boring, music annoying, the cast, the story... I know twister is not realistic, but the new one was so stupid, I'm still not sure what their plan was...
I feel like Sean's picks rarely reflect the kinds of movies he talks thoughtfully about in the Ringer podcasts. He has a 4 pick stretch here of Happy Gilmore, That Thing You Do, The Rock, and Independence Day. Only one of those movies (That Thing You Do) is generally held in higher regard with critics than it is with audiences, yet in the podcast discussions Sean generally comes across as somebody much more aligned with the critics, and the more "artistic" side of the discussion to the point of coming across as the gatekeeper of that vibe among his pod peers.
As a woman who is also a film lover, it makes me sad sometimes to see this widely viewed podcast featuring a woman who doesn't even seem to know many movies. I'm a year younger than her, and even though I may not have seen all of these as an 11 year old, I was familiar with most of them and have over the years seen most of them.... Maybe they should talk about what movies they plan to discuss before the show, so everyone can at least be prepared for the episode? And I get it, she has other things going on in life, she's pregnant, etc... but this is her job, right? I just get so bummed when women are in cool positions like this, but they don't even care. Nerd culture was largely a boys club and so many of us came up being ostracized or pegged "weird" for being passionate about our hobbies and perhaps not knowing any other girls to share it with. I just hate to see an opportunity wasted on someone who is indifferent
Chris, I'm also not an Adam Sandler fan. I'm sure he's a solid person, a decent actor, and lots of people find him funny, but his comedy just isn't my thing at all.
Chris definitely won and Sean definitely loss. Chris got 3 great movies. Sean didn't even get one. I could easily name a dozen films from 96 better than anything on Sean's list. And the fact that possibly the greatest living director had a movie this year and they didn't even mention it is a travesty.
@@jimbob8840Yeah I don’t think I’ve ever tuned into these draft episodes for the picks. Half the time I don’t even remember them until they recap at the end.
Sean nailed the Mets playing the Phillies
he called his shot
Big sigh. The Phillies are so damn disappointing
The Mets are, in fact, playing the Phillies.
Sean ‘Nostradamus’ Fennessey
were hehehe
I was born in 1996 and realized there a lot of movies that were mentioned I need to catch up on. Thanks for the pod, gang.
Same
Amanda said "I know we turned things around, but can we turn it around again". I'm taking that
These movie drafts really, really need chapters to timestamp the actual picks
Astounded that Sling Blade was such an afterthought.
The BIG Picture 1996 Movie Draft:
Sean:
1. Jerry McGuire in Drama
6. Independence Day in Blockbuster
7. The Rock in Action/Horror/Thriller
12. That Thing You Do in Oscar Nom
13. Happy Gilmore in Comedy
18. Swingers in Wildcard
Amanda:
3. Scream in Action/Horror/Thriller
4. Mission Impossible in Blockbuster
9. The English Patient in Oscar Nom
10. Romeo and Juliet in Drama
15. The First Wives Club in Comedy
16. Bottle Rocket in Wildcard
Chris:
2. Fargo in Oscar Nom
5. Trainspotting in Drama
8. Twister in Blockbuster
11. Primal Fear in Action/Horror/Thriller
14. Tin Cup in Comedy
17. Lonestar in Wildcard
Oddly, that's the winning order too imo
@@Mooza1agreed
Targaryen vibes. Chris that made me laugh out loud in a room alone.
Dude, I was looking for this comment. I'm laughing my ass off at work & everyone's looking at me. Thanks for the chuckle, CR
Amanda kept saying "it's nice" and just hoped everyone would agree and Chris couldn't let it stand haha
The Lone Star pull was the steal of the draft, good going CR
Just watched that a couple nights ago
Rip Kris
Agreed. Phenomenal movie with big emotional payoffs.
Haven't seen it in ages. Great movie.
Big Pic working overtime to get these extra Amanda episodes in while she's on leave, love it 😊
Trainspotting is a sometimes humorous dark drama. When a baby dies due to neglect that's how you know it doesn't fall under the category of comedy.
Baz Luhrmann's Romeo & Juliet was what got me into soundtracks.
Kissing You - Des'ree
Little Star - Stina Nordenstam
Everybody's free to feel good/wear sunscreen - Quinton Tarver
What a time !!
CR paying homage to the late Kristofferson unknowingly few months in advance… ya love to see it
Phenomenal picks from all 3 here. Dobbins got Scream which automatically catapults her to the winning spot but overall I think CR takes this one for me.
Also I would put my paycheck on either Sean or CR drafting From Dusk till Dawn 😅
The idea that any of you in this comment section are listening to this podcast purely for the movie drafting and not for the elite vibes is crazy to me.
My reaction when people hate on Amanda for her film takes even though she carries the vibe of the show
Wut
@@Tyc9909don't do that. She's TERRRRRRIBLE
I'm old. What are "elite vibes" ?
@@Tyc9909she's the MVP the real ones get it
It took me forever to realise that the First Wive's Club wasn't about like, the first ladies of the US lmao. Like I, an australian, fully just thought it was a movie about the wives of former american presidents.
I went into From Dusk Till Dawn with my then girlfriend knowing next to nothing about it (those were the days) but I had loved Pulp Fiction (duh). She hated it so much she said "I'll never go to the movies with you ever again!" That statement was correct.
I almost unsubscribed when I thought “Wolfman” being the original drummer of The Oneders was going to go uncorrected. Good save, y’all.
@@joecallahan3692 they still said the drummer got enlisted.
Batman & Robin (1997), not Batman Forever (1995) had Poison Ivy. Batman Forever had Tommy Lee Jones, who could not sanction Jim Carrey's buffoonery.
This pod has made me realize that most of the soundtracks that I currently listen to have come out in 1996. Nice.
In The Rock, it was indeed shown as Candlestick Park, but it was supposed to be a Raiders game in Oakland. It's weird, but since it's a movie, I don't mind it. Great effing movie.
Also Sean Connery and Michael Bay both basically agreed that John Mason is James Bond.
the way I literally rubbed my hands in excitement like Prometheus bringing fire to humanity
1:11:44 To me, this is the modern rendition of Carl Weathers and Schwarzenegger “handshake” in Predator
I'd be drafting some of these pics:
Flirting with Disaster, Big Night, Hard Eight, Welcome to the Dollhouse,
Was honestly surprised Hard Eight wasn't taken.
glad to see Big Night in the honorable mentions
such a great film and ensemble cast
27 year old here who has ‘That Thing You Do’ in his top five favorite comedies 🙌🏼🤌🏼
Romeo & Juliet was the Shakespeare Play for the English exams in Scotland that year and the movie came out a week or so before the exam. Best 2 hours of exam revision i have ever done. Never been in a thertre before where the entire audience were all the same age, dont think there was a single person there not taking the exam the next week.
44:58 I like the way CR says anty-dote.
I just watched From Dusk til Dawn on cable last night thinking...man, I love this movie!! It's so bad/awesome.
And we had to watch City Hall in my ethics class in college.
Bad? There's nothing bad about it, other than being badass.
The lack of Kingpin is unforgivable. It truly may be the greateat comedy I've ever seen.
October has been crazy as hell
We really need chapters. I know some listeners like the random conversation, others would appreciate conveniently skipping ahead to what they are looking for.
Would love to have something that skips over all of Amanda's bullshit.
@@BabyfaceThompsonAverage online male when a woman has an opinion
@@Coolquip43 I respect the film related opinions. It's the extra shit I could do without.
@@BabyfaceThompsonYou’re on here EVERY single episode crying about Amanda. Give it a rest already, y’all are super weird.
@GabaGhoul10 I'm not a "y'all" and I'm not "crying", but I understand what you're attempting to get across here.
This is the first time ive seen the video version of the podcast. No one looks how i imagined they would!
This why I love you all: I had to watch First Wives Club with my mom in that time, also watched Dennis Miller until he freaked out politically after 9/11 and NO ONE talks about Abel Ferrara's the Funeral these days, basically what David Chase wishes Many Saints of Newark was, The Funeral is pretty much time period Sopranos 3 years before The Sopranos and even has a bunch of Sopranos actors in it. I own a DVD of it but some generous human just uploaded it on TH-cam last year and it's still up, highly recommended to anyone reading this who hasn't seen it.
Lone Star is fantastic
For the first 30 or so minutes of this episode I had to ask myself if I was high multiple times. Wtf were they talking about lmao
1:07:50 one of the best lines in the history of the ringer
Don’t look back rules! Hell yeah Chris!!
yall gotta change it up with these great movie years. theres no conflict, everyone ends up with most of the movies they wanted. gotta make it harder somehow
maybe knock off the top 5 like how wheel of fortune does with letters RSTLNE
When Amanda mentioned the Seinfeld episode. Elaine was the only person, who didn't like The English Patient. Then her boss, Mr. Peterman made her go to the movies to see it. And she was yelling at the screen, "stop telling your stupid story in the desert and just die!" LOL! I really didn't care for that movie. I agree with Sean! Jerry MaGuire and Fargo are better movies. Chris should see The First Wives Club. Even if it's just once.
Jesus fuckin Christ this episode gets into middle aged corner pretty hard with the lactose talk 😂
I will not accept any Twister (1996) slander! Sean is out the pocket with that take. We're the same age and i loved Twister!
I'm shocked CR nor Sean took Swingers in their top 2 picks. Was almost wondering if it would go undrafted for minute. 🤯
Great Video
three friends of mine talk about movies, life is good
(No shade) I guess CR is endorsing Liquid Death now :) Unless by shear chance he positioned it laces (brand) out towards the camera.
Chris has the best list IMO
I haven’t watched yet.
One of them better draft The Birdcage and Stealing Beauty. Directed by two masters, Mike Nichols and Bernardo Bertolucci!
They always end up picking blockbusters first, I’m Twister, Independence Day, Jerry Maguire, and M Impossible 1 will be the first four picks. Maybe Sean will pick Fargo in the first round, maybe Amanda will do The English Patient.
The Birdcage is a much cleverer, more interesting comedy than anything else this year. And Stealing Beauty is a lovely coming of age story, with that precarious feeling of messing up as you first fall in love and consummate it
Stealing Beauty is good
Hello from the future.
little Sean knew he would have made it to the criterion closet
1:04:30 is the pick that had me taking CR, and not even caring about any of the other picks.
Freeway is an absolute riot.
Please do 2007!
They should have done a watch along of From Dusk Till Dawn and not told Amanda about the twist.
Comedic Adam Sandler not my jam either, sorry. But I know this The Ringer and Sandler comedies are like manna from heaven for sports bros.
Pretty common opinion for Gen X and older. Not sure I would describe it as "vile".
@Flike245 "Vile" is a bit much, some of the earlier films pre-2000 are very tolerable. "Happy Gilmore" is a great "rainy day" movie along with "Billy Madison."
CR clearly won the draft. It wasn't even close
Amanda never watched From Dusk Till Dawn, that's crazy to me, and CR describing Salma Hayek's dance "A long striptease with cobra or something..." Really CR, freaking cobra? Yikes!
@votdfak One of the reasons why I don't think Amanda should be on here. She hasn't seen quite a few big films that you'd assume she should have seen if she gonna be on here acting like an authority on film. I don't "hate women", I just think you should be as qualified as possible and she's not and she mostly just talks about her own personal bullshit.
@@BabyfaceThompson she's given a great platform without any credentials, just buddy buddy ties.
@votdfak When the guys bring up "Lone Star" she acts like, 'Oh my God you guys' as if that's such a ridiculous thing. Then she's clearly looking up "Lone Star 1996" on Google or something, then says "great movie." I do not believe she's seen the movie.
@@BabyfaceThompson she's full of manure, cannot stand her...
@@BabyfaceThompson This isn’t a film university dude, it’s a podcast where friends talk about movies and mostly just joke around.
How did no one pick Muppets Treasure Island?
Sean "Nostradamus" Fennessey
Richard Jewel was good. The hate is unwarranted
Wow big fail on Sean to not know that Lost World was releases in 1997.
my favs
I love Twister 2nd round pick for me and I thought the new one was utter garbage!
Bill Paxton forever!!!!
What was wrong with the new one? I love both!
@@RachelDavis705 everything... action boring, music annoying, the cast, the story... I know twister is not realistic, but the new one was so stupid, I'm still not sure what their plan was...
I feel like Sean's picks rarely reflect the kinds of movies he talks thoughtfully about in the Ringer podcasts. He has a 4 pick stretch here of Happy Gilmore, That Thing You Do, The Rock, and Independence Day. Only one of those movies (That Thing You Do) is generally held in higher regard with critics than it is with audiences, yet in the podcast discussions Sean generally comes across as somebody much more aligned with the critics, and the more "artistic" side of the discussion to the point of coming across as the gatekeeper of that vibe among his pod peers.
Nailed it
No Space Jam?
This was a win for CR.
I watch for the hostility. None in this draft - maybe because it's being recorded on video too?
#dobmob
As a woman who is also a film lover, it makes me sad sometimes to see this widely viewed podcast featuring a woman who doesn't even seem to know many movies. I'm a year younger than her, and even though I may not have seen all of these as an 11 year old, I was familiar with most of them and have over the years seen most of them.... Maybe they should talk about what movies they plan to discuss before the show, so everyone can at least be prepared for the episode?
And I get it, she has other things going on in life, she's pregnant, etc... but this is her job, right? I just get so bummed when women are in cool positions like this, but they don't even care. Nerd culture was largely a boys club and so many of us came up being ostracized or pegged "weird" for being passionate about our hobbies and perhaps not knowing any other girls to share it with.
I just hate to see an opportunity wasted on someone who is indifferent
The best.
cable guy shits on all the comedies they picked
Love the fact that Sean potentially umped a little league game of mine
Chris, I'm also not an Adam Sandler fan. I'm sure he's a solid person, a decent actor, and lots of people find him funny, but his comedy just isn't my thing at all.
Yeah, I feel like Sandler's comedies are very much a time capsule; rather than classics I need to revisit over and over again.
Sean won this by a mile.
Chris definitely won and Sean definitely loss. Chris got 3 great movies. Sean didn't even get one. I could easily name a dozen films from 96 better than anything on Sean's list. And the fact that possibly the greatest living director had a movie this year and they didn't even mention it is a travesty.
holy shit, sean not picking is killing me. hurry up dude im over the nonsense
Screaming through the time space continuum, "juror #2 is coming in month!!!"
First pick at 31:47. You’re welcome
WOW LOL
They truly are the vampers
We're here for the (gender neutral) Dudes Chattin'; the picks are incidental
@@jimbob8840Yeah I don’t think I’ve ever tuned into these draft episodes for the picks. Half the time I don’t even remember them until they recap at the end.
I love the banter and a good vamp as much as the next guy…but this ep was next level and Sean really stretched it out there
Sean taking that thing you do is peak
Sean wins...begrudgingly
59:42
Wild bunch, vampires and Salma Hayek in a bikini lol
I've always been able to relate to the tastes of Sean, Amanda, and Chris somewhat equally...but Sean really lost me with the anti broccoli thing
Queen Amanda always a babe
Aw
Back here after the mets destroy the phillies and advance
Kids in your mid 40s? Good luck.
I think her kids will turn out to be happy and healthy
@@FirstNameLastName-kt3zn We all certainly hope so.
Whoever picked Scream wins - nothing else matters!
Sean the whole reason Will wound up in Bel-Air is because he was striking a man
Dude needs a new barber
Unfortunately, Amanda Dobbins is still on the Big Picture Podcast. 1/5 stars
The final known recording of amanda dobbins before she passed😔
Rest in peace
🙏🙏🙏
Feel free to switch over to critical drinker or one of his pals if you don't like Amanda.
@@jimbob8840 does anyone actually like Amanda?
@@jimbob8840I love Amanda I was just joking
@@rudyrobles8294 Everyone outside of weird men on the internet.
@@Redjack10 Ah, of course. If I don't like her, I must be a weirdo man who hates women. Learn to think.
It makes sense, Amanda is as unlikable as a Seinfeld character