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[–] 15 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Sneakers message still resonates strongly today

Better Off Dead outside the band of most 80s teenager comedy movies

Paycheck I thought it was a fun sci-fi that most people missed

The Great Escape not underrated back in the day, but not very well known now

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Seconding Paycheck. One of the few Affleck movies I like.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I'll third it. The premise alone is awesome; they invent a time machine, but you don't travel in time, it's more like a telescope that lets you observe the future.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Sneakers is a lot of fun, but there’s one scene that just irks me. In the beginning of the film, the main character is picking up a check from a bank teller after their “white hat” elite team stole (then returned) untold millions from the same bank. The teller cuts him a check and asks what he does. He gives a short explanation and he says “it’s a living”. She looks at the check and back at him saying “not a very good one”. It’s clear that she’s a low level employee and there were 4 or 5 people on the crew, and she’d have no idea how much work went into the job. Even at minimum wage, it would have been a pretty nice paycheck and she would have had no idea whether it was a good amount, nor whether it was just one guy getting paid the amount on the check. The comment makes no sense.

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